When Mrs. Cai went out to find the maid to take care of Liu Cong, Lu Yi helped Liu Cong, whose legs and feet were so weak that he could hardly walk, back to his residence.
Asking Liu Cong to sit on the bedside of the bedroom, Lu Yi said, "Second Young Master, please calm down and I'll get you some food."
Liu Cong was stunned and motionless.
He was really frightened.
This is the first time he has seen murder in his life!
And this first time, he saw his father being killed alive by Cai Mao in front of his eyes!
All he could think about was his father's final struggle.
Lu Yi glanced at Liu Cong, said nothing, but walked out of the room and came to the small courtyard.
Madam Cai's voice calling for the maids to gather could be heard outside.
Lu Yi looked around the general's mansion to make sure no one noticed, and then came to the rockery.
There, a monkey squatted on the rockery, watching him motionless.
Seeing him coming, the monkey jumped off the rockery and moved a piece of the rockery away to reveal the underground passage.
In the underground passage, the head appeared again.
Still the young man named Ma Zhong.
Ma Zhong smiled at Lu Yi.
Lu Yi said: "Leave here."
Ma Zhong climbed out and motioned for Lu Yi to get in.
Watching Lu Yi dive in, Ma Zhong and Monkey finally got in and moved a piece of rockery to the entrance of the cave to cover the entrance of the passage.
Lu Yi only drilled in the underground passage for a while and then got out.
The entrance to the underground passage is under the big locust tree in a corner outside the courtyard wall of the General's Mansion.
At this time, two figures in white clothes were lying not far from the big locust tree.
As soon as Lu Yi came out of the passage, two figures quickly stood up and greeted him.
It was Nangong Yan and Shi Huan.
After Ma Zhong and Hou Hou also came out of the underground passage, Nangong Yan led the way. While walking quickly, he looked around from time to time and said: "Hurry up! Now the city is full of tribes of the four powerful families, and they are controlling the entire Xiangyang. City. Their troops are patrolling the road from time to time. If a discovery is made, the consequences will be disastrous."
"The people in the city have already hid in their rooms."
The group of people followed Nangong Yan and quickly got into an ordinary house.
All the houses nearby had their doors closed and their lanterns extinguished.
The originally bustling Xiangyang City was now silent.
Only the bright moon above the head exudes a cold white light, shrouding the surroundings.
Nangong Yan knocked on the door and meowed before the door opened.
It's Lu Shisan.
When Lu Shisan saw Lu Yi coming back, he took a long breath and said inside: "The young master's family is back!"
Lu Yi and his party went in.
In the room, Zhuge Liang hurriedly came to greet him.
Introduce Lu Yi into the bedroom of the private house.
Lu Shisan opened the pillows on the bedroom bed.
There, there is an underground passage!
Lu Yi got in.
There is a huge space inside.
At this time, there were more than twenty young men hiding inside.
They were all remaining team members.
Lu Shisan finally entered the passage, closed the board at the entrance, and then said to Lu Yi with a smile: "Young Master, if you don't come back, we will go crazy! People are being arrested outside, many of them! Those civil and military officials and their families, It’s all under control.”
"Everyone in the residence was killed."
"Huo Du is also dead."
Lu Yi was surprised.
Huo Du, Liu Biao's confidant, Huo Jun's brother, and Liu Pan were together.
This Cai Mao seemed to be in a hurry.
Lu Yi was about to take a rest, but saw Lu Shisan asking a young man to come over and squat next to him, while he sat directly on the other man's shoulders.
The young man stood up.
Lu Shisan pressed his hands and ten fingers on the wooden board above his head and took the board away.
In Lu Yi's stunned eyes, dozens of thin bamboo sticks hung down.
On the other end of the thin bamboo stick is something like a trumpet.
Lu Shisan got off the young man's shoulder, took something like a trumpet and pressed it on Lu Yi's right ear: "This is called Shunfeng Ear. When I was sending rouge to the Huang family, I saw a man wearing a veil and with long hair. The withered woman is tinkering with this thing."
"Listen to her, this thing is called Shunfeng Ear."
He pointed to Lu Yi's ear and said, "No matter how long the bamboo stick is, as long as your ear is close to the other end, you can hear the sound from the other end through the bamboo stick."
"I tried it after I went back, and hey, it turned out to be true!"
"So, later on, I built this refuge and made this Shunfeng Er."
"The other end of Shunfeng'er is right at the gate of the General's Mansion."
"This end is made from sheep stomach. When you put it on your ear, you can hear the sound from the other end of the bamboo stick without feeling uncomfortable when you put it on your ear."
Lu Yi: "."
Looking at Lu Shisan, he almost doubted his ears.
Isn’t this the basic principle of the telephone?
Utilize the principle of sound propagation through solids.
I didn’t expect to see it in this late Eastern Han Dynasty!
Seeing Lu Yi's surprised look, Lu Shisan thought it was his first time to see such a magical thing, and the corners of his mouth were raised proudly.
Zhuge Liang also took a Shunfeng Ear, put it on his ear and said, "Well, I think I heard your husband say that his daughter is working on something that can hear sounds from a long distance. I don't know if she is the husband's daughter." .”
Lu Yi: "."
That should be correct.
Huang family.
Or women’s studies.
It should be the masterpiece of the daughter of Huang Chengyan, Zhuge Liang's husband.
What a “female scientist”!
If you can get her hands on it and tell her about various common items before time travel, especially some war tools, maybe she can actually make them!
If this can be done, casualties will be greatly reduced in future wars.
Lu Yi even thought of a way to strike up a conversation with Huang Chengyan's daughter.
Since she made the "Shunfeng Ear".
When the time comes, making your own periscope and telescope will definitely shock her.
And, these two, are not difficult.
At this moment, there were chaotic and rapid footsteps and roaring sounds in my ears.
Lu Yi hurriedly made a gesture to silence everyone.
Besides, Cai Mao rushed directly to the gate of the general's mansion with Liu Biao's "transfer document".
One after another, soldiers arrived escorting civil and military officials.
All these civil and military officials looked desperate.
The whole Xiangyang City made this noise.
There is no doubt that something happened to their Jingzhou Mu.
In today's troubled times, Jingzhou is obviously developing very well, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
They couldn't understand why Cai Mao would do such a thing?
Cai Mao watched the civil and military officials enter the general's mansion and ignored them.
There is only one thing in his eyes at this time, and that is to support Liu Cong as soon as possible and let all civil and military officials recognize Liu Cong's identity and status, thereby stabilizing Jingnan to face Liu Qi and the army of civil servants who are likely to attack in the near future. .
As for whether these civil and military officials were sincere, he didn't care.
However, he didn't stand at the door for long. A soldier rode up to him on a horse and handed him a cloth bag.
The bottom of the bag was still dripping with blood.
Cai Mao took the cloth bag and opened it.
Lying inside was the head of a young man——
Huo Du!
Huo Du, Huo Jun's elder brother, was one of Liu Biao's most trusted confidants during his lifetime.
This time, Huo Du, Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Huo Jun led troops to Xiangyang City and stationed nearly 30,000 troops outside the city.
After that, Huo Du, Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Huo Jun took turns visiting Liu Biao every day to confirm that Liu Biao was still alive.
Now, Liu Biao was killed by him.
It's only a matter of time before you fall out with these five people.
In this case, eradicate one by one now!
After confirming Huo Du's head, Cai Hao walked towards the door of the general's mansion a little anxiously.
The garrison outside the city must also know that Huo Du was killed.
Soon, maybe soon, the army may attack the city.
Now a meeting of civil and military officials must be held as soon as possible to determine Liu Cong's position as Jingzhou Shepherd.
At this time, the military camp was stationed outside the south gate of Xiangyang City.
Huang Zhong had already rushed back and told Liu Pan about the attack that occurred when Liu Qi, the eldest son, was seeing off his son.
Although it was clear that the attackers were Cai Zhong and Cai He, and everything was caused by Cai Mao, Liu Pan was still hesitant.
Once they fall out, Jingzhou will be in chaos.
At that time, Liu Biao will also die!
Huang Zhong saw that Liu Pan didn't respond, but kept walking back and forth with a tangled look on his face, and said nothing.
It is not an easy decision for anyone to make such an important matter.
At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded.
Then, the curtain of the handsome tent was lifted.
Two figures covered in blood rushed in.
Wei Yan and Huo Jun!
Liu Pan and Huang Zhong were shocked when they saw the two of them looking like this.
Liu Pan hurriedly greeted him and said, "What happened?"
Huo Jun knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Cai Mao has rebelled! We were resting in the house, and suddenly a group of soldiers broke in and killed people. In order to protect me and Chang Wen, my brother retreated and stayed behind alone. We fought our way out of the siege. When I was there, I saw my brother’s head being chopped off with my own eyes!”
Raising his face full of tears and blood, Huo Jun said with bloodshot eyes: "There is no doubt that the general was killed, killed by Cai Hao!"
"After killing the general, Cai Mao will definitely promote the second young master to the throne immediately."
"He doesn't have much energy to manage the city's defense."
"Attack the city now to avenge my brother and the general. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope."
"Otherwise, if we continue to delay, it will be too late! We are all doomed!"
(End of chapter)
